Amy Love smiles from beneath a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses at the robust yellow onion as she pulls it out of the warm earth. First appearing as a small fleck of bright pink against rows of lush green, Love's 5-year-old daughter Zoe wanders up behind her.

It's a typical July Tuesday at Love Farm Organics, a family-owned, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operation in Forest Grove.

Love Farm Organics, established in 2006, takes up about 15 acres on the 500-acre farm owned by Love's parents, in the family for more than 100 years. Love and her family of four support themselves mostly through the farm's CSA program, in which members pay a fee to share the farm's harvest, essentially splitting the cost of farming. Members pick up weekly shares in market-style pickups, where they can personally select an allotted number of each item, at one of 10 locations. Love's CSA season usually runs from late May to November, according to its website.

The Loves had about 20 members during their first season, then about 40 the next, Love said. Membership kept doubling until it capped off at the current 200, which Love thinks is a nice number: Enough to support the farm, but not too many to serve or keep track of. Social media has been Love's main resource for the program's gaining traction.

Rural Living Field Day will last from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and feature speakers on a variety of topics relevant to rural farmers, homeowners and land managers, including forests, wildlife, soil and pollinators. Love hasn't been before, but is looking forward to the opportunity.

Love isn't entirely sure how she has had the right amount of social media success, but has noticed that certain posts, such as photos of large or otherwise notable produce, seem to do well with her audience. She joined Twitter in January 2010 but started the Facebook page in 2005, a few years before starting the CSA program. She also posts a weekly newsletter to the farm's website.

On Facebook, Love regularly shares information about GMOs, photos of current crops, relevant news stories and other CSA-related posts. Recently, she has been updating it a little more frequently than she does the farm's Twitter.

On the farm, the Loves employ sustainable methods and don't use chemicals, herbicides, pesticides or GMOs. They have not taken the steps to become certified organic, but are considering it if they are to grow. They keep their own bees on site. They harvest by hand because the selective method yields a better product, Love said. This method also means they don't harvest more than they need to, and keep the CSA pickups fresh.

"Next day, it's going to be in someone's kitchen," Love said.

Love's CSA comes in four share sizes, ranging form "Love-berry share" to a full share. The CSA share for the week of Aug. 11-17 included summer squash, cucumber, onion, garlic, tomato, beets, carrots, a brassica, peppers and greens.